101. Juan Cole * Informed Comment * history, Middle East, South Asia, Religious Studies, War on Terror. It is the commanders, up to and including the President, determining what http://www.juancole.com/

@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?blogID=3463907"); Informed Comment Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion Juan Cole is Professor of History at the University of Michigan Sunday, September 18, 2005 Security Situation in Baghdad Sinking like the Titanic An observer in Iraq writes to me: "The situation has deteriorated in Baghdad dramatically today. Five neighborhoods (hay) in Baghdad are controlled by insurgents, and they are Amiraya, Ghazilya, Shurta, Yarmouk and Doura. It is very bad. My guys there report that cars have come into these neighborhoods and blocked off the streets. Masked gunmen with AKs and other weapons are roaming these areas, announcing that people should stay home. One of my drivers in Amiraya reports that his neighborhood is shut down totally, and even those who need food or provisions are warned not to go out. The government will respond feebly. It will go into a contested neighborhood, and then just like Fallujah, Ramadi, Tel Afar, the insurgents will flee to take over another area on another day. Bit by bit they are taking over the main parts of Baghdad. The only place we are sure they cannot control is Sadr City, unless of course they want to take on Jaish Mahdy [Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army], and that would be bloody. A few minutes ago Jaafari came on television to tell everyone in Baghdad to stay home. Can't wait for his next bold move.

102. Notre Dame Archives Collections AVP Vice President for Advanced Studies / Graduate Studies and Research AUP AAUP/ ND Chapter american Association of University Professors http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/default.htm

Archives Collections AAR : Aaron Ignatius Abell Papers ZAA : Charles Januarius Acton Letters sent BAE : Brother Aidan 's Extracts ALN : Brother Alban Ledgers ALB : George Albertson Papers AHC All Hallows College (Dublin, Ireland) Records ALL : Barbara Allen Oral histories AFC American Federation of Catholic Societies Collection AMR Americanism Collection APC Amerika Publishing Company Records ANT Anti-Catholic Printed Material Collection ARM : James W. Armsey Papers VAT Archivio vaticano Fondo Bolognetti ACP Association of Chicago Priests Records ACS Association of Contemplative Sisters Records AVX : Material Separated from Audio-Visual Collections AUD : Ernest Audran Papers BAA : Peter A. Baart BCH : Ferdinand Dominic Bach Correspondence BAC : Cletus S. Bachofer Papers ZCF : Stephen T. Badin Papers ZAB BHN : Leonard "Pete" Bahan Papers BLD : Ideal Baldoni Papers BAR : Frederic Baraga Papers KYB Bardstown (Ky.). Board of Trustees Records BRN : Geno C. Baroni Papers NUE National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs BRW : Paul Charles Bartholomew Papers ZAR : Burnett C.

103. Cinco De Mayo Cinco de Mayo s history has its roots in the French Occupation of Mexico. On July 17, 1861, President Benito Juarez issued a moratorium in which all http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/demo/cinco.html

C inco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican and Chicano communities. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Althought the Mexican army was eventually defeated, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to represent a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism. With this victory, Mexico demonstrated to the world that Mexico and all of Latin America were willing to defend themselves of any foreign intervention. Especially those from imperialist states bent on world conquest. Cinco de Mayo's history has its roots in the French Occupation of Mexico. The French occupation took shape in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. With this war, Mexico entered a period of national crisis during the 1850's. Years of not only fighting the Americans but also a Civil War, had left Mexico devastated and bankrupt. On July 17, 1861, President Benito Juarez issued a moratorium in which all foreign debt payments would be suspended for a brief period of two years, with the promise that after this period, payments would resume. The English, Spanish and French refused to allow president Juarez to do this, and instead decided to invade Mexico and get payments by whatever means necessary. The Spanish and English eventually withdrew, but the French refused to leave. Their intention was to create an Empire in Mexico under Napoleon III. Some have argued that the true French occupation was a response to growing American power and to the Monroe Doctrine (America for the Americans). Napoleon III believed that if the United States was allowed to prosper indescriminantly, it would eventually become a power in and of itself.

104. Starr Center For The Study Of The American Experience Center for the Study of american Experience Navigation Bar However, the survey—commissioned to honor the first president’s birthday on February 22 and http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/poll/

Home Page Center : Poll George Washington Poll Results WHICH GEORGE W. WOULD AMERICANS ELECT? Yet, Poll Shows Young Americans Know Very Little About Founding Father Additional Information About the Survey: Complete Poll Results Press Release C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience Methodology This George Washington Prize/Washington College poll was conducted by telephone February 7-10, 2005, among a random sample of 800 adults throughout America. The margin of error for the entire sample is approximately +/- 4% percentage points. conducted all interviewing. Return to Top of Page

105. US Historical Documents First Inaugural Address of President Thomas Jefferson (1801); Second Inaugural Address of President Thomas Jefferson (1805); The Thomas Jefferson Papers at http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

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